Music can lull you to sleep

Having trouble sleeping? Don't bother with cocoa or counting sheep - listening to music at bedtime is the way to get a restful night.

In a paper published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, a team from Taiwan's Tzu Chi University said they studied the sleep patterns of 60 people who had difficulty sleeping and found that those who listened to soft, slow music experienced physical changes that aided restful sleep, such as lower heart and respiratory rates.